"Yue Guan, Gui Mei, you two are here?"
"Perfect. Since the Pope is away, I'll leave my granddaughter in your care. You can form a little team of seven."
"I just heard this brat saying something about you entering some Soul Fighting competition, right? Don't worry. Leave everything to this old man."
"If anyone with ill intentions tries any tricks in the shadows, my Golden Crocodile King will show them what the world's true number-one Beast Martial Soul is!"
Golden Crocodile Douluo spoke bluntly, leaving Jiang Huai and the others no room to refuse.
After all, he was a powerhouse who had fought his way out of the previous era. How shrewd was Golden Crocodile Douluo?
What resources did Bibi Dong have on hand?
How could those old fellows in the Worship Hall not know?
But what about now?
A secret method for absorbing Soul Rings beyond one's level, and now Yue Guan and Gui Mei had both made successive breakthroughs as well?
Old fellows like them could not swallow their pride and ask Bibi Dong for those resources, but his precious granddaughter needed them.
He very much wanted his precious granddaughter to use the opportunities in Bibi Dong's hands to evolve her Martial Soul into the Golden Crocodile King!
"Second Worship, this..."
Yue Guan clearly wanted to say something, but Golden Crocodile Douluo waved his hand repeatedly.
The gesture was not a refusal, but a sign that nothing more needed to be said.
"Forget it, Grandpa Ju. Let's leave it at that."
"With a senior like the Second Worship protecting us from the shadows, we won't have to fear any ill intentions from those petty villains."
Hearing this, Golden Crocodile Douluo nodded in satisfaction.
Hey, this brat wasn't stupid!
Soon, a piece of utterly terrifying news spread through the Soul Fighting Arena!
His Holiness the Pope's newly accepted second disciple not only possessed the White Tiger Martial Soul, but was also a prodigy with a thousand-year second Soul Ring!
And no one knew where His Holiness the Pope had found a young woman with the Nether Civet Martial Soul.
The Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Hell White Tiger-a secret originally passed down only within the Dai imperial family-was now being wielded with fierce, tiger-like vigor by His Holiness the Pope's second disciple!
On the platform, after finishing another round of sparring, Jiang Huai calmly looked at his fallen opponents.
"You..."
"Impossible! You're so young. How could you possess such terrifying foundations?"
The opposing team's captain spoke in disbelief. Had all his years of cultivation gone into a dog's belly?
At that moment, Jiang Huai held an Ultra Slash shining with white light,
and that distinctive light-attribute presence illuminated his entire body, making him look even more sacred.
Hearing his opponent's question, Jiang Huai unconsciously released his Holy Light Domain, making him appear even more compassionate toward the world.
"I have never considered those defeated by my hand to be rivals."
"I'll give you time to catch up, until you can no longer even glimpse me in the distance!"
As his words fell, the atmosphere instantly reached its peak!
Why couldn't they come up with such badass lines?
Was this the gap between true geniuses and ordinary people like them?
"Xiao Jiang Huai, big sister loves you! Come over to my house! My cat can do backflips!"
"You flat-chested princess, step aside! Xiao Jiang Huai, look at me! Big sister is exceptionally gifted!"
As she spoke, that female Soul Master gave the waves before her chest an exaggerated shake, displaying her charms to the fullest.
Beside him, Zhu Zhuyun inwardly cried that this was bad and promptly stepped in front of Jiang Huai.
Anyone from the Dai imperial family who had awakened the White Tiger Martial Soul would have some problems in this regard, to a greater or lesser extent.
Her little brother Xiao Huai was as pure as ice and jade. She absolutely could not let these wicked women outside deceive him!
"Xiao Huai, don't look at these things. You're still little."
"Big Sister Zhu Yun, I'm not little anymore."
Jiang Huai struggled, continuing to look over.
How could she deprive him of his eye for discovering beauty?
He had to admit, with the nourishment of Soul Power, there really was a different flavor to it.
Seeing this, Zhu Zhuyun gritted her teeth and stamped her foot. As though she had made some major decision, she spoke softly into Jiang Huai's ear.
"Xiao Jiang Huai, as long as you promise big sister not to look at these wicked women outside, once my little sister Zhu Zhuqing is a few years older, I'll find a way to bring her to Spirit City too, to help you cultivate."
Ah... this?
Using this to test a cadre?
What cadre couldn't withstand a test like this?
"Ahem, Big Sister Zhu Yun, you know me. I have absolutely no interest in such things."
"However, if your younger sister is willing to come to Spirit City to help me cultivate, that would also be wonderful."
Jiang Huai spoke with a perfectly straight face.
Hearing this, Zhu Zhuyun nodded in satisfaction.
Spirit City was surrounded by hungry wolves. Aside from the Pope's eldest disciple, Hu Liena, there was now a treasured daughter from a Worship's family.
She really was finding it somewhat difficult to keep things under control alone.
Rather than let an outsider reap the benefits, she might as well...
After this Soul Fighting match, Jiang Huai's team won several more matches in succession over the following days.
For a time, the voices calling Jiang Huai the strongest of the younger generation grew ever louder!
Likewise, information about the seven of them was swiftly relayed by the spies various major powers had stationed in Spirit City.
Stop them?
There was no need!
Did they think their Uncle Golden Crocodile's Death Roll was a joke?
Among the various powers, there was no shortage of people courting death who delighted in hunting down the geniuses of opposing factions.
However, if any such fellow wanted to act, he would only dare entertain the thought.
Ultimately, Spirit City was not somewhere they could run wild as they pleased.
"Fengzhi, if this boy isn't eliminated, I fear he will become a grave threat to our Upper Three Sects in the future."
"Uncle Bone, you're worrying too much about that. There are some things we needn't handle ourselves. Someone will know what to do."
All of them, including the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, turned their gazes toward the Star Luo Empire, wanting to see what attitude Dai Tianfeng would take.
The White Tiger and Hell Spirit Cat had spread outside, and even fallen into Spirit Hall's hands?
Interesting. Truly interesting.
Compared with the stir over at the Star Luo Imperial Family, Ning Fengzhi personally sent people to spread the news throughout the Heaven Dou Empire.
Although that Clear Sky Douluo had remained completely unheard of since six years ago,
Ning Fengzhi had reason to believe that he must have been hiding in some corner of the Heaven Dou Empire all these years, recovering from his injuries.
Now that such a prodigy had appeared in Spirit Hall, given that Clear Sky Douluo's temper, he did not believe the man could hold himself back from acting.
"At this time of wind and rain, when will our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect finally have a true prodigy of our own?"
Ning Fengzhi sighed helplessly.